Planning the green walkable city: Conceptualizing values and conflicts for urban green space strategies in Stockholm

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 11306-11320

  Littke, Hélène ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Parks; Stockholm; Urban green space; Urban planning policy

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GREENSPACE; PARK MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

STOCKHOLM [STOCKHOLM (CNT)]; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 84940542442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su70811306     Document Type: Article

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